Ambassador Chaly marked an importance of release of the Ukrainian military pilot, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and of PACE Nadiya Savchenko and praised the efforts of the international partners of Ukraine. He said that “our coordinated position, unity and persistence was fruitful and this is how we should stand in order to release all of the Ukrainian hostages and illegally imprisoned Ukrainians in Russia”.

Valeriy Chaly spoke about geopolitical security challenges that are faced by Ukraine: “A model when Ukraine is a buffer zone between the Euro-Atlantic space and Russia-led community of countries failed to ensure security in this region and in Europe, where two world wars had begun. The Ukrainian people have soundly declared their commitment to the European democratic values.” He also called on the U.S. and EU to increase their support for Ukraine, “it was a Ukraine’s weakness that has provoked the aggression, while strengthened Ukraine with enhanced defense capacity, also thank to our partners, have managed to contain the aggression on the Eastern frontier of Europe”, the Ambassador said.

Valeriy Chaly also told the audience about the progress in carrying out reforms in Ukraine and dwelled on the active role of the civil society.